Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion

4:50 pm

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

My last question touches on that issue. I thought of this when Ms Lewis raised the issue of what could be termed the "contested" notion of consent. Sr. Síle has expressed a view on that issue. Does anybody else have a view on it? Is the argument that there is no circumstance within the context of sex work or prostitution where there is a form of consent between two adults? Is the argument that there is no circumstance where that is the case? I have heard that some women who are sex workers find it objectionable to hear it said they are not participating by choice or to hear people challenge the fact that they are not engaged in the act by choice. What is Ms Lewis's view?

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